"chub up" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-chub up.ogg Forms: chubs up [present, singular, third-person], chubbing up [participle, present], chubbed up [participle, past], chubbed up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} chub up (third-person singular simple present chubs up, present participle chubbing up, simple past and past participle chubbed up)
  1. (slang) To become chubby; to grow fat. Tags: slang Synonyms: plump up
    Sense id: en-chub_up-en-verb-g6m9m-V2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up"

Inflected forms

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